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UNITED sTAtrn-s PATENT oFFIon.

CLIFTON enuGGL s, or snnamm fiiitissonnr.

SIGNAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 19 10.

Application filedJ 'une 27, 1908. Serial 'No. 440,631.

To all ichom it mag concern: I

of Sedalia, in the county of Pet-tis and State of Missouri, haveinventedanew and Im-' proved Signal, of which the" following is a full, clear,and exact description. I,

This IIXVQIIUOH, relates to'signals, and more particularly such asareadapted to be usedin connection with the operation of'railroads, andwhich consist of casings having.

compartments, and sprin actuated, sectional targets arranged witliin'thecompartments, the former being adapted to assume anext-ended. position'forjdispla'y' when released from the compartments.

The object of the'invention is to .provide Signals, inexpensive to'manufacture and simple in construction, which have signal targetsnormally held withina closed cas-' ing,from which they can be releasedand automatically projected for the purposes of display: when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicate'corr'esponding parts in all the Figure 1 vice, showing one ofthe targets in an extended position, one of the doors of the casingbeing open; Fig. 2 is anenlarged cross section of the same, b oth of thedoors of the casing being closed; Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevationshowing the spring catches em-' ployed for locking the doors of thecasing;

- and Fig.4 is an enlarged cross section on theline 4-4 of Fig.1.

Before proceeding to aniore detailed-description of my invention, itshould be 11I1-' derstood that I provide a signal adapted to be used inconnection with railroads. It is especially intended to be mounted onthe The targets themselves are each constructed of a number of springcontrolled sections,

adapted to assume an'alined position when, released from thecompartments in. which is a perspective view of the de- I they arenormally' held completely to con- Be it known that I, CLIr'ron'P.RUooLEs, a citizen ofthe United States, and a'resident ceal them.

7 Referring more completely "to the draw- 'ings, I provide'a casing';1,'havin g a. back 2, the ends 3 of which are laterally bent to form"theitopand bottom of thelcasing. A

1 Stem 4 ofany suitable shape,-is provided for mounting the signal inposition, f Piyotally' arranged on rods 7 between the to and bottom' ofthe casing and adjacent to t is back 2, are doors 5, havlng their outeredg'eportions 6 inwardly curved. v v

As shown most clearly n the drawings,

a partition 8 extends from the back 2 of the casing". between the ends3', and divides the easing into compartments. Spring catches 9, formedof a, resilient strip of metal, se-

cured to the top 301 the casing, serve to engage -the doors "5 tolock-the latter in a closed position. Pivotally arrangedfonsupportsl0between the top and bottom of the casing at the forward endsthereof, are tar-- gets"11, ea'ch consisting of a plurality of sect-ions12. The sections have extensions bent uponthemselves to'provideregistering hinge sleeves 13, through which pivot pins 15 extend, asshown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 2; Each section, with the exception ofthe outer end sections, has projections 16- adapted to engage at one ofthe faces of an adjacent section to hold the-sections in alinement.Adjacent plates are engaged at opposite'sides by the projections 16, asis shown most clearly in Fig. 4; v Helical springs 17 are arranged onthe pivot pins 15 between the sections in clit away portions of thelatter, and have their ends 18 oppositely disposed and resting upon theadjacent sections. "When the targets are folded, the sections lie injuxtaposition. When. released from this position, the springs tend tomove the sections into alinement with respect .to one another, theprojections l6 presenting a-backing tolimit the movement of the sectionsand to hold them in one plane. The ends of the springs adjacent to thepartition '8 abut thereagainst. to maintain the targets in extendedposi-' tions.. The arrangement is such' that the extended targets canprojectbetween the partition'Sjand the free edges of the doors, evenwhen the latter are closed.

'Markers 14 of different colors are provided on the doors of the casingto indicate what colorof target is carried in each compartment.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pa tent.

1. In a device of the class described, a

I casing, a spring controlled target hinged to the casing and formed ofrectangular plates of rigid material hinged together at theirlongitudinal edges to' extend in alinement from the casing or to foldone upon the other in said. casing, held in a folded position in thecasing.

2, In a device ofthe class described, a casing,a hinged and springactuated target carried by the casing and tormed of rectangular sectionshinged to ether at one edge to extend in alinement rom the casing ortojfold one upon the other in said casing, and

get is in engagement when'within the casing.

a door for the casing and with which the tar- 3. In'a device of theclass described, a casing, atarget pivotally arranged within saidcasingyls'aid target consisting of a plurality of sections pivotallyconnected one to another, resilient means for directly holding saidsections in alinement with one another,

- and means 'fo'rsecuring said target in folded position within thecasing.

4. In a device of the class described, a

casing having a, hinged door, a target pivotsaid target being normallyally arranged in said casing, said target con sisting of a plurality ofhinged sections, re-

silient means for normally holding said sections in extended and alinedposition, each section having a projection to engage an adjacentsection, whereby each section is held against movement in one directionrelative to an adjacent section, and locking means for securin said doorof the casing.

5. In a device 0 the class described, :1 casing. a sectional targetnormally held in a folded position in said casing, and resilient 'meanslocated between the sections of said target'for holding the sameextended and in CLIFTON P. RUGGLES.

\Vitnesses H. L. Pcnrox. G120. "YILHITE.

